“Walk-Up Wednesdays in April will help us to determine how to manage visitor demand,” said Lonnie G. Bunch III, the museum’s founding director. “We are honored and humbled to have struck such a chord with our visitors. They stay an average of four-and-a-half hours on weekdays. We don’t want to disappoint our visitors by reaching capacity and having them wait in long lines for space to become available inside the galleries. The goal of this pilot program is to provide greater access for the public while maintaining the safety and security of our visitors.”

Visitors who have advance timed-entry passes for Wednesdays in April may enter according to the time stated on their passes.

The museum will continue to require advance timed passes for groups of 10 or more.
All groups are required to present passes to gain entry to the museum.